Elaine Chao

Elaine Chao
趙小蘭
18th United States Secretary of Transportation
In office January 31, 2017 – January 11, 2021
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Jeffrey A. Rosen Steven G. Bradbury
Preceded by	Anthony Foxx
Succeeded by	Pete Buttigieg
24th United States Secretary of Labor
In office January 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Alexis Herman
Succeeded by	Hilda Solis
12th Director of the Peace Corps
In office October 8, 1991 – November 13, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Paul Coverdell
Succeeded by	Carol Bellamy
United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation
In office April 19, 1989 – October 8, 1991
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Mimi Weyforth Dawson
Succeeded by	James B. Busey IV
Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission
In office April 29, 1988 – April 19, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Edward Hickey
Succeeded by	James Carey
Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission
In office April 29, 1988 – April 19, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Edward Hickey
Succeeded by	Ming Hsu
Personal details
Born	Elaine Lan Chao (1953-03-26) March 26, 1953 (age 71) Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mitch McConnell (m. 1993)
Parents	James S. C. Chao Ruth Mulan Chu Chao
Education	Mount Holyoke College (BA) Harvard University (MBA)
Net worth	$24 million[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙小蘭
Simplified Chinese	赵小兰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Xiǎolán Wade–Giles Template:Tonesup IPA [ʈʂau ɕjàu.lǎn]

Elaine Lan Chao-McConnell (趙小蘭; born March 26, 1953)^[2] is an American politician. She was the 18th United States Secretary of Transportation from January 31, 2017 to January 11, 2021 during the Donald Trump administration.

She served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush. She was the first Asian-American woman and the first Taiwanese American in U.S. history to be appointed to a U.S. president's cabinet.^[3]

1. ↑ Peterson-Withorn, Chase (December 22, 2016). "Here's What Each Member Of Trump's $4.5 Billion Cabinet Is Worth". Forbes.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
3. ↑ "Press Briefing by Administration Officials on American Competitiveness Initiative", (February 1, 2006), retrieved February 25, 2009